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president obama returned to the white house in a grim mood. he met with no congressional leaders and said nothing about his efforts to avert the fiscal cliff. talks continue between senior white house and congressional staff, but that's been true throughout then tire saga. with the deadline looming there were dire predictions. >> come the first of this year, americans will have less income than they have today. >> and rekrimm nations. >> now republicans have bent over backward. we've stepped way, way out of our comfort zone. we wanted an agreement, but we had no takers. >> the senate's top democrat said it has nothing to do with phone calls but house republican obstruction. >> thehouse of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker, not allowing the vast majority of the house of representatives to get what they want. >> house speaker john boehner oldered republicans back to the capitol for a rare sunday night session. republicans expect to vote then on whatever fisca
president obama returned to the white house in a grim mood. he met with no congressional leaders and said nothing about his efforts to avert the fiscal cliff. talks continue between senior white house and congressional staff, but that's been true throughout then tire saga. with the deadline looming there were dire predictions. >> come the first of this year, americans will have less income than they have today. >> and rekrimm nations. >> now republicans have bent over...
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are taking to the swing states. >> president obama was in ohio monday. mitt romney is in pennsylvania today. and bill plante is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: morning. and good morning out west. well, romney is trying to put the brakes on the obama campaign's so far successful effort to keep the focus on romney's wealth rather than on the nation's economy. but the white house isn't easing up. they are even trying out a new line of attack. campaigning in cincinnati monday, the president stopped for a local specialty. a chili dog. >> i'm going to take the mustard but not the onions. just because i've got to meet people. >> reporter: and he put a new spin on an old argument that romney sent jobs overseas. he has accused his opponent of being responsible for deals in which workers were fired and jobs were outsourced, even though much of that happened after romney left to lead the 2002 winter olympics. monday, the president pushed the attack forward, warning that romney would do the same in the oval office >> governor romney's economic plan wo
are taking to the swing states. >> president obama was in ohio monday. mitt romney is in pennsylvania today. and bill plante is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: morning. and good morning out west. well, romney is trying to put the brakes on the obama campaign's so far successful effort to keep the focus on romney's wealth rather than on the nation's economy. but the white house isn't easing up. they are even trying out a new line of attack. campaigning in cincinnati...
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bill plante is at the white house. bill? >> in a word, jeff, he wants to get people excited. these are battleground states. ohio particularly. the president is trying to get his voting base excited about this election. he starts in maumee, ohio, near toledo. then he moves east to sandusky for an ice cream social. what better o on a day like this. then to parma. that's the biggest employer. he can make his claim that he saved the auto industry. >> then to poland, ohio and finishes up his trip in pittsburgh. >> so that's sort of a touch of his message. a lot of the question comes to how does the president convince him he's going to move things forward. any insight on that? >> look, in every county where he's stopping, he won by large margins in 2008. he won on the promise of hope and change. but now, four years later, those places are still hurting in the down economy. and the president needs to convince folks there that he's still on the case if he hopes to win in november. they'll say that he will cast this as a vote -- as a choice, rather, between his vision, creating jobs b
bill plante is at the white house. bill? >> in a word, jeff, he wants to get people excited. these are battleground states. ohio particularly. the president is trying to get his voting base excited about this election. he starts in maumee, ohio, near toledo. then he moves east to sandusky for an ice cream social. what better o on a day like this. then to parma. that's the biggest employer. he can make his claim that he saved the auto industry. >> then to poland, ohio and finishes up...
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. >> and in maryland, president obama dismissed the candidates' calls for lower gas prices. >> every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust och their three-point plans for $2 gas. i guess this year they decided we're going to make it $2.50. i don't know -- why not $2.40. why not $2.10. >>> former house speaker newt gingrich has used that figure a lot lately. there's a primary vote next saturday where he is now. >> did you hear the president? >> good morning. >> i did. it's a funny thing. they've asked the saudi arabians to pump a lot more oil. the secretary of energy said they're grateful they were going to do, hoped it would drive down prices. apparently drilling in saudi arabia is fine. paying the saudis allow billions of dollars is fine, to the royals is fine. it's the americans obama doesn't like to help. why not drill in the united states. why not have the money stay here. why not create jobs here? they can't a have it both ways. the fact is, his plans are for much more expensive gasoline and when biden talks with the middle class, who does
. >> and in maryland, president obama dismissed the candidates' calls for lower gas prices. >> every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust och their three-point plans for $2 gas. i guess this year they decided we're going to make it $2.50. i don't know -- why not $2.40. why not $2.10. >>> former house speaker newt gingrich has used that figure a lot lately. there's a primary vote next saturday where he is now. >> did you hear the...
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. >> the economy is the big issue in the race for the white house. on wednesday republicans continued attacking president obama over the country's debt. >> democrats describe mitt romney as out of touch with americans. >> reporter: when we talked to voters, they say they are worried about the economy but also the increasing debt. the romney campaign and some of these outside republican groups are hoping to make that a one-two punch to use against president obama. >> i'm concerned about the debt. i'm concerned about the spending. >> reporter: standing in front of a ticking debt clock, mitt romney argued that washington's out of control spending and president obama's failure to curb it is responsible for the nation's debt. >> it is not at all what he promised. this presidency has been a disappointment. >> reporter: a few hours later house speaker john boehner told the president directly that he would not allow upcoming debt limit negotiations to go ahead without a plan to cut spending. >> it's time for us to deal with the big issues affecting our count
. >> the economy is the big issue in the race for the white house. on wednesday republicans continued attacking president obama over the country's debt. >> democrats describe mitt romney as out of touch with americans. >> reporter: when we talked to voters, they say they are worried about the economy but also the increasing debt. the romney campaign and some of these outside republican groups are hoping to make that a one-two punch to use against president obama. >> i'm...
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more trouble for the white house this morning. president obama's commerce secretary is under investigation for a felony hit and run accident in california. we'll ask top adviser david axelrod about that and also the controversial comments about the health of the private sector. >> i'm erica hill. dangerous wildfires burn out of control in the west. the florida panhandle faces serious flooding after a foot of rain. >>> i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, we'll ask a high school teacher why he told graduates, you're not special. bob woodward and carl bernstein look back at watergate 40 years later. >>> first as we do every morning, we begin with your world in 90 seconds. >> breaking news sure to send shockwaves from california to washington, d.c. >> commerce secretary john bryson investigated for a felony hit and run. >> l.a. county sheriff's office says bryson rear ended a car stopped and allegedly caused another collision five minutes later. >> bryson is now in the hospital. he was found alone and in his car after one of the c
more trouble for the white house this morning. president obama's commerce secretary is under investigation for a felony hit and run accident in california. we'll ask top adviser david axelrod about that and also the controversial comments about the health of the private sector. >> i'm erica hill. dangerous wildfires burn out of control in the west. the florida panhandle faces serious flooding after a foot of rain. >>> i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, we'll ask a high...
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as president obama surveys the waldorf banquet room with everyone in white tie and finery you have to wonder what he's thinking. so little time. so much to redistribute. >> earlier today i went shopping at some stores in mid-town. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in mid-town. used to love walking through central park. love to go to old yankee stadium, the house that ruth built although he really did not build that. i hope everybody is aware of that. >> special admiration for the apostle st. peter to whom it is said upon this rock i'll build my church. the story is more inspiring when you consider he had so many skeptics and scoffers who said if you have a church you didn't build that. >> less than three weeks voters in states like ohio, virginia and florida will decide this incredibly important election, which begs the question, what are we doing here? >> and don't be surprised if the president mentions this evening the monthly jobs report where there was a slight improvement in the numbers. he knows how to seize the moment this president and already has a co
as president obama surveys the waldorf banquet room with everyone in white tie and finery you have to wonder what he's thinking. so little time. so much to redistribute. >> earlier today i went shopping at some stores in mid-town. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in mid-town. used to love walking through central park. love to go to old yankee stadium, the house that ruth built although he really did not build that. i hope everybody is aware of that. >>...
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>> also major garrett, national white house correspondent. this is an interesting time, these two, the former president and the president. who needs each other the most. >> unquestionably president obama needs bill clinton, he needs him to ratify the difficult times we've gone through, put them in some sort of context that voters who are still uncertain can understand and give president obama what that which he needs, four more years to work it out, and also put in context the economic times he governed in and why they worked and why president obama's next term, he should be given another chance. bill clinton really doesn't need president obama, except he knows president obama needs him and in a transactional way of american politics, even president to president, it's a sign of deference to bill clinton. >> i'm sure if hillary runs, he'll want him there for her, even though the former president might not want to make those -- >> everyone on the floor will understand that. they understand if he doesn't win re-election, hillary clinton will be
>> also major garrett, national white house correspondent. this is an interesting time, these two, the former president and the president. who needs each other the most. >> unquestionably president obama needs bill clinton, he needs him to ratify the difficult times we've gone through, put them in some sort of context that voters who are still uncertain can understand and give president obama what that which he needs, four more years to work it out, and also put in context the...
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president obama welcomed former president george h.w. bush and his son, former florida governor jeb bush, for a personal visit. the bushes are in washington to attend a dinner where mr. obama will be speaking. >>> arizona's governor scheduled a special election this spring to replace congresswoman gabrielle giffords. giffords resigned this week to focus on her recovery. she was shot in the head last year in an attempted assassination. six people were killed in that attack. a primary election to replace giffords will be held in april. a general election is scheduled for june. >>> former penn state coach jerry sandusky is seeking per noigs visit with his grandchildren. the form area siftant football coach at penn state is accused of sexually molesting ten boys and is under house arrest. his bail arrangement bars him from having contact with anyone under the age of 18. he is asking a judge to allow his grandkids to visit him accompanied by their parents. well, fwz five minutes past the hour. time now for another check of the weather. for th
president obama welcomed former president george h.w. bush and his son, former florida governor jeb bush, for a personal visit. the bushes are in washington to attend a dinner where mr. obama will be speaking. >>> arizona's governor scheduled a special election this spring to replace congresswoman gabrielle giffords. giffords resigned this week to focus on her recovery. she was shot in the head last year in an attempted assassination. six people were killed in that attack. a primary...
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the white house. earlier in the evening, america met a new face on the national stage. san antonio mayor, julian castro. >> my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, i could hold this microphone. >> mayor castro gave a mixture of the immigrant story and a sizable portion of red meat. >> when it comes to getting the middle class back to work, mitt romney says no. when it comes to respecting women's rights, mitt romney says no. when it comes to letting people love who they love and marry who they want to marry, mitt romney says no. >> is the mayor and the first lady accomplished their goals, the task next is to former president bill clinton tonight when he address this is crowd. >> president clinton can speak to white collar, blue collar, north, south, east, west. he has a certain credibility on this issue. >> as for mrs. obama, one more example of her popularity, her speech last night drew something like 28,000 tweets per minute at its peak compared to mitt romney's peak at 14,00
the white house. earlier in the evening, america met a new face on the national stage. san antonio mayor, julian castro. >> my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, i could hold this microphone. >> mayor castro gave a mixture of the immigrant story and a sizable portion of red meat. >> when it comes to getting the middle class back to work, mitt romney says no. when it comes to respecting women's rights, mitt romney says no. when it comes to letting...
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obama sent an offer to mr. boehner tuesday. before boehner took to the house floor to criticize the president. >> the longer the white house ze slow walks this process the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> reporter: mr. obama's new proposal lowered his request for tax revenue from $1.6 trillion in ten years to $1.4 trillion.trillion on tuesday the white house threw corporate tax reform into the mix, adding it to the already agreed upon push next year for reform of individual tax rates.dismisse boehner's described it as unrealistic and said the tax revenue was "a red herring." the top senate democrat doubted a fiscal cliff deal would be l cli wrapped in time for christmas. >> i think it's going to be extremely difficult to get it done before christmas. >> reporter: speaker boehner is meeting at this hour with house republicans. despite all the gloom the president said he remains confident a fiscal cliff deal will get done. charlie and norah? >> major garrett thank you. nancy pelosi leads the democratseads in the ho
obama sent an offer to mr. boehner tuesday. before boehner took to the house floor to criticize the president. >> the longer the white house ze slow walks this process the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> reporter: mr. obama's new proposal lowered his request for tax revenue from $1.6 trillion in ten years to $1.4 trillion.trillion on tuesday the white house threw corporate tax reform into the mix, adding it to the already agreed upon push next year for reform of...
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obama in 2005 when he was a senator. she's eager to return to washington where her two children and husband still live. at the u.n. rice became known as a passionate crusader, sometimes with direct language not of end heard in diplomacy. >> this is more than disappointing, it's pathetic and short sighted. >> let's see it for what is it. it is redundant. >> reporter: rice has delivered. she wrappingled security couldn't support for financial sanctions against iran while recent attacks in libya are rice's greatest hurdle she did lead the charge at the united nations to protect libya's rebels. she's not been able to produce similar results for syria. >> the president believes that ambassador rice has done an excellent job and is grateful for her service. >> reporter: the president's choice of susan rice contrasts with his thinking four years ago when the president built a team of rivals nominating hick to be secretary. with rice he selected one of his closest advisers. >> congress holds a second day of hearings today on tha
obama in 2005 when he was a senator. she's eager to return to washington where her two children and husband still live. at the u.n. rice became known as a passionate crusader, sometimes with direct language not of end heard in diplomacy. >> this is more than disappointing, it's pathetic and short sighted. >> let's see it for what is it. it is redundant. >> reporter: rice has delivered. she wrappingled security couldn't support for financial sanctions against iran while recent...
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. >> former white house press secretary robert gibbs is a senior adviser to the obama campaign and join us this morning. good morning, robert. >> good morning, norah, how are you? >> good, good. we have a jobs report coming up today. the unemployment number could tick up. doesn't that reinforce mitt romney's position that obama's record on the economy has been a failure? >> no, look, i think what we expect to see is continued movement forward. 32nd month of positive, private sector job growth adding to the 5 million jobs that's been created as a result of those positive months. look, we're not where we all want to end up but we're making serious important progress moving forward. mitt romney isn't a change agent. he wants to go back to the economic theory that got us into this mess. >> four days left until election day. if you look at the candidates' schedule you get a sense of what they see important. mitt romney and paul ryan going to pennsylvania, that state. does that mean you're in trouble there in pennsylvania? >> no. i think it means the romney/ryan campaign is desperate to try t
. >> former white house press secretary robert gibbs is a senior adviser to the obama campaign and join us this morning. good morning, robert. >> good morning, norah, how are you? >> good, good. we have a jobs report coming up today. the unemployment number could tick up. doesn't that reinforce mitt romney's position that obama's record on the economy has been a failure? >> no, look, i think what we expect to see is continued movement forward. 32nd month of positive,...
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president obama was hoping for a post convention bounce. but the disappointing unemployment numbers may get in the way of that. both president obama and mitt romney are back on the campaign trail today and up employment remains at the top of the agenda. nancy cordes is traveling with the president in seminole, florida. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, anthony. the president will be campaigning all weekend long in vote rich central florida while governor romney is in virginia. both candidates are talking about that new jobs report. as you might imagine, the two men see it very differently. the president hit the campaign trail with vice president biden and their wives for the first time this campaign season. he told voters in iowa city that the drop in the unemployment rate from 8.3% to 8.1 was a good sign. >> we can do better. we need to create jobs even faster. we need to fill the hole left by this recession. we need to come out of this crisis stronger than we went in. i don't want to get back to where we were in 2007.
president obama was hoping for a post convention bounce. but the disappointing unemployment numbers may get in the way of that. both president obama and mitt romney are back on the campaign trail today and up employment remains at the top of the agenda. nancy cordes is traveling with the president in seminole, florida. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, anthony. the president will be campaigning all weekend long in vote rich central florida while governor romney is in...
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president obama pardoned cobbler and his alternative gobbler in an annual white house tradition. the president said yesterday that life's all about second chances. americans have been giving holiday turkeys to the white house since the 1800s. president eisenhower and president lyndon johnson ate the turkeys they were given. >> what are their names? >> cobbler and gobbler. >> cobbler and gobbler. okay. >>> hundreds of families in the chicago are getting turkey this thanksgiving from a long-running food pantry. >> ladies and gentlemen, if we are going to do this in an orderly fashion -- >> reporter: if you want to truly understand both thanks and giving, show up at chicago's food pantry on any wednesday. >> i need you to take this all the way up to the counter. >> reporter: every week 500 to 600 families line up to get the food laverne morris and her troops hand out. >> thank you. >> thanksgiving. >> reporter: this season, the gratitude is great. >> if you didn't have this opportunity, you wouldn't have -- >> i wouldn't have a turkey. >> reporter: but today monica bonds, the mother
president obama pardoned cobbler and his alternative gobbler in an annual white house tradition. the president said yesterday that life's all about second chances. americans have been giving holiday turkeys to the white house since the 1800s. president eisenhower and president lyndon johnson ate the turkeys they were given. >> what are their names? >> cobbler and gobbler. >> cobbler and gobbler. okay. >>> hundreds of families in the chicago are getting turkey this...
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. >>> in monday's white house press conference, president obama also gave a blunt warning to bashir al assad. he said if assad used chemical weapons or biological weapons against forces, the u.s. would consider a military response. >> we have been very clear to the outside regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. that would change my equation. >> the president's statement echoes jordan's king abdullah who told charlie rose that the use of chemical weapons would be a trip wire for many nations. >>> several years ago, the masters golf tournament was hit by controversy over its all-male membership. augusta did not change anything until monday. >> augusta national now says that two women have been invited to join one of the world's most exclusive clubs. we'll hear from the world's top golfer in just a moment, but first, armen keteyian reports on the women breaking down the barriers. >> reporter: former secretary of state condoleezza rice starte
. >>> in monday's white house press conference, president obama also gave a blunt warning to bashir al assad. he said if assad used chemical weapons or biological weapons against forces, the u.s. would consider a military response. >> we have been very clear to the outside regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. that would change my...
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. >> reporter: those remarks about change bringing to mind then candidate obama's slogan of hope and change caused mitt romney to pounce. on the other side of the state in sarasota, romney suggested the president was in over his head. >> the president today threw in the white flag of surrender again. he said he can't change washington from the inside, he can only change it from outside. well, we're going to give him that chance in november. he's going outside. >> reporter: romney said the president has let america down. >> his slogan was, yes, we can. his slogan now is, no, i can't. this is time for a new president. he went from the president of change to the president who can't get change and the american people understand it. >> reporter: now that was an inner guy mitt romney after getting criticism for his campaign. his wife ann came to his defense on an iowa radio station really in the way only a spouse can. take a listen to this. >> stop it. this is hard. you want to try it, get in the ring. this is hard. and, you know, it's an important thing that we're doing right now and it's
. >> reporter: those remarks about change bringing to mind then candidate obama's slogan of hope and change caused mitt romney to pounce. on the other side of the state in sarasota, romney suggested the president was in over his head. >> the president today threw in the white flag of surrender again. he said he can't change washington from the inside, he can only change it from outside. well, we're going to give him that chance in november. he's going outside. >> reporter:...
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we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> the battle for the white house zeros in on ohio. >> president obama and mitt romney will be in the same state at the same time. >> no republican has won the white house without winning the buckeye state. >> and ahmadinejad addresses the united nations today. >> israel believes you want to destroy them. you said you want to drive them from the face of the earth. it's a very serious question. >> football fans are still fumes over that botched call. >> the touchdown held around the world. >> some are calling it the worst call in the nfl history since the black eyed peas were asked to sing the super bowl. >> andy williams has died. >>> powerful waves create an intreadble scene in a paddle boat race. >> performance and regulations for self-driving cars. >>> would you say he is frugile or cheap. >> the seahawks were robbed of a win -- actually the packers were robbed. thank you for whoever wrote that. >> allen, you're late. >> i don't care. i had a [ bleep ] night last night. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning" presidential candidates
we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> the battle for the white house zeros in on ohio. >> president obama and mitt romney will be in the same state at the same time. >> no republican has won the white house without winning the buckeye state. >> and ahmadinejad addresses the united nations today. >> israel believes you want to destroy them. you said you want to drive them from the face of the earth. it's a very serious question. >>...
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new book about the obama white house. plus, when i see you at 8:00, the girl with the dragon tattoo herself, rooney mara stops by. >> i'm erica hill. thanks to 15 feet of snow, cordova, alaska has been cut off from the world again this morning. our ben tracy did manage to get there. he'll show us how they're surviving this especially brutal winter. >> our favorite city. but first as we do every morning. we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> thank you, new hampshire. tonight we made history. >> mitt romney makes it two for two, putting himself on the fast track for the gop nomination. >> he certainly had a clear-cut victory, but we're nibbling at his heels. >> i'd say third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen. >> new hampshire voters gathered to decide which candidate looked best in dockers. >> we can win this race. >> make a list of every person you know in south carolina. >> in just two weeks away which means i have to get home to put my pig in the smoker tonight. >> take m
new book about the obama white house. plus, when i see you at 8:00, the girl with the dragon tattoo herself, rooney mara stops by. >> i'm erica hill. thanks to 15 feet of snow, cordova, alaska has been cut off from the world again this morning. our ben tracy did manage to get there. he'll show us how they're surviving this especially brutal winter. >> our favorite city. but first as we do every morning. we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds....
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>> and that was president obama there speaking to reporters at the white house. we will have more on this story throughout the day on your local cbs stations on cbsnews.com and tonight on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. this has been a cbs news special report. i'm erica hill in new york. acceptance of sort of the gay community as legitimate people within our society is slow-moving, yes, but i think the slow s >> think slow steps are necessary. as i think you guys know, if you make a big broad changes, people then want to rechange it in another direction. i'm very proud of what the president has done. a lot of people i think feel like he's moving too slow but i think he's always been a friend and he's made some amazing moves that are very sincere and respectable and appreciated. >> the other day there you and the president were on the same stage together. you opened for him. >> that was fun. >> i thought so too. >> great to have you here. >> thank you so much. thanks for having me. >> we'll cheer you on on sunday. >> >>> a covered sandbox is >>> a covere
>> and that was president obama there speaking to reporters at the white house. we will have more on this story throughout the day on your local cbs stations on cbsnews.com and tonight on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. this has been a cbs news special report. i'm erica hill in new york. acceptance of sort of the gay community as legitimate people within our society is slow-moving, yes, but i think the slow s >> think slow steps are necessary. as i think you guys...
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for the latest let's go to chief correspondent at the white house major garrett. good morning. >> good morning, rebecca. president obama met with the four top leaders yesterday. he met for just over an hour. now, earlier in the fiscal cliff talks, meetings like this had tended to be tense and nonproductive but this meeting gave rise to hopes of a last-minute deal. for the first time in weeks president obama reported genuine progress to averting some part of the so-called fiscal cliff. >> i'm modestly in agreement we'll achieve. >> they're now chasing a much smaller deal than originally sought. the final product if there is one will not include trillions in debt reduction or federal spending or tax code reform. it won't even include across the board spending cuts. it will focus on tax rates and a few spending items. >> that's the bearare minimum we should be able to get done. >> sidelined for now. house speaker john boehner. as they left they sounded like they were closing in on a compromise. >> think it was a very positive meeting. there was not a lot of hilarity
for the latest let's go to chief correspondent at the white house major garrett. good morning. >> good morning, rebecca. president obama met with the four top leaders yesterday. he met for just over an hour. now, earlier in the fiscal cliff talks, meetings like this had tended to be tense and nonproductive but this meeting gave rise to hopes of a last-minute deal. for the first time in weeks president obama reported genuine progress to averting some part of the so-called fiscal cliff....
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obama last week, i asked him about the turn in tone the race for the white house seems to be taking. >> many people are looking to the campaign so far and they're saying i see too much negative campaigning and not enough talk about the future. they look at your own ads from your own campaign and then say that rather than talking about the future, there is an effort here to tear down your opponent and make him unacceptable. so there will not be a debate or referendum on the first four years. >> i have to tell you, charlie, if you look at the ads that we do, first of all, we've done a whole slew of positive ads that talk exactly about how we need to change our education system, how we need to change our tax code, how we need to rebuild america. how we need to promote american energy. so those just don't get attention in the news. but we're very much promoting and if you look at my stump speeches, i spend a whole slew of time, sometimes people i say i talk too long because i'm outlining all the things that we want to get done. what is true is that there's a sharp contrast, probably as s
obama last week, i asked him about the turn in tone the race for the white house seems to be taking. >> many people are looking to the campaign so far and they're saying i see too much negative campaigning and not enough talk about the future. they look at your own ads from your own campaign and then say that rather than talking about the future, there is an effort here to tear down your opponent and make him unacceptable. so there will not be a debate or referendum on the first four...
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>> now, the obama campaign last night immediately shot back on twitter. they tweeted out a picture of the president sitting in a chair in the white house with the caption, this seat is taken. the romney campaign said this all by eastwood was unscripted, ad libbed, it was a unique moment. that's what's ironic. unscripted, ad-libbed. in many ways, he was the anti-mitt romney on that stage last night. >> jan crawford, thank you. we bring in frank luntz, a former republican strategist. good morning. >> good morning. >> here is the question. is this a one-day story about clint weese wood or is it more important because it did not give an audience at home to see a video that everybody thinks was well done and gave a really interesting insight into mitt romney? >> i have to answer yes to both questions. i don't think by this weekend, you'll hear anything about clint eastwood, but the fact that we're talking about it now means that we're not talking about the language in the presentation that mitt romney put forward. it was essential for him to introduce himself,
>> now, the obama campaign last night immediately shot back on twitter. they tweeted out a picture of the president sitting in a chair in the white house with the caption, this seat is taken. the romney campaign said this all by eastwood was unscripted, ad libbed, it was a unique moment. that's what's ironic. unscripted, ad-libbed. in many ways, he was the anti-mitt romney on that stage last night. >> jan crawford, thank you. we bring in frank luntz, a former republican strategist....
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obama last week, i asked him about the turn in tone the race important the white house seems to to be taking. people looking at that ti ing a and saying i see too much negative campaigning and not about the future. they say that rather than talking about the future, there is an effort here to tear down your opponent. ask and make him unacceptable so they will not be -- there will not be a debate or referendum on the first four years. >> i have to tell you, charlie, if you look at the ads we do, first of all, we have done a whole slew of positive ads that talk exactly about how we need to change our education system. how we need to change our tax code. how we immediate to rebuild america. how we immediate to promote american energy. so those just don't get attention in the news. but we are very much promoting. if you look at my stump speeches i spend a slew of time, sometimes people say i talk too long because i'm -- outlining the things we want to get done. what's true is that -- there is a sharp contrast, probably a sharper contrast as we have seen, fiphilosophically between myself a
obama last week, i asked him about the turn in tone the race important the white house seems to to be taking. people looking at that ti ing a and saying i see too much negative campaigning and not about the future. they say that rather than talking about the future, there is an effort here to tear down your opponent. ask and make him unacceptable so they will not be -- there will not be a debate or referendum on the first four years. >> i have to tell you, charlie, if you look at the ads...
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>> reporter: now the obama campaign responded almost immediately last night on twitter. they sent out a picture, a tweet of the president sitting in a chair in the white house with the caption, this seat is taken. the romney campaign said that eastwood's performance was completely spontaneous, ad lib, no teleprompter, unscripted. it's kind of ironic. in many ways that ad libbed, unscripted, he's anti-romney. >>> jan crawford, thank you. we bring in frank luntz, former republican strategist. here's the question. >> good morning. >> is this a one-day story about clint eastwood or is it more important because it did not give an audience at home to see a video that everybody thinks was well done and gave a really interesting insight into mitt romney? >> i have to answer yes to both questions. i don't think by this weekend you're going to be hearing anything about clint eastwood, but the fact that we are talking about it now means we're not talking about the language in the presentation mitt romney put forward. it fs so essential for him to introduce himself, his personality,
>> reporter: now the obama campaign responded almost immediately last night on twitter. they sent out a picture, a tweet of the president sitting in a chair in the white house with the caption, this seat is taken. the romney campaign said that eastwood's performance was completely spontaneous, ad lib, no teleprompter, unscripted. it's kind of ironic. in many ways that ad libbed, unscripted, he's anti-romney. >>> jan crawford, thank you. we bring in frank luntz, former republican...
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obama allegedly made to french first lady carla bruni, that life in the white house was hell. former deputy communications director jen saki was in the room when the statement was made. >> it's no surprise that there were heated moments. >> reporter: the book reported over nearly two years in the result of interviews with 33 white house staffers provides a much more detailed picture of mrs. obama than previously known. we learned she clashed with her husband's top advisers, including former chiefs of staff rahm emanuel. !é too insular and not strategic enough after democrats lost a special election to replace senator ted kennedy. at a press conference sunday, emanuel denied any rift between him and the first lady. >> i have a great relationship with the president and the first lady. >> reporter: mrs. obama was also, quote, very frustrated that so much of the strategy was president driven. there was no consideration of how she fit in the broad obama narrative. >> every day is a very tense working environment. and you can have great collegiality, and that doesn't mean that peop
obama allegedly made to french first lady carla bruni, that life in the white house was hell. former deputy communications director jen saki was in the room when the statement was made. >> it's no surprise that there were heated moments. >> reporter: the book reported over nearly two years in the result of interviews with 33 white house staffers provides a much more detailed picture of mrs. obama than previously known. we learned she clashed with her husband's top advisers,...
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the white house says she was relying on the cia's best information at the time. a former rhodes scholar and high school basketball star, rice met president obama in 2005 when he was the senator. she's eager to return to washington where her two children and husband still live. she became known as a passionate crusader, sometimes with direct language not often heard in diplomacy. >> this is more than disappointing. it's pathetic. it's short sighted. >> let us see it for what it is, it's redundant, and it's obstund. >> she has delivered. wrangled security council support for financial sanctions against iran. while recent attacks in libya are rice's greatest hurdle, she did lead the charge at the united nations to protect libya's rebels. she has not been able to produce similar results for syria. >> i can tell you that the president believes ambassador rice has done an excellent job and is grateful for her service. >> the president's choice of susan rice contrasts with his thinking four years ago when the president built a team of rivals, nominating former opponent
the white house says she was relying on the cia's best information at the time. a former rhodes scholar and high school basketball star, rice met president obama in 2005 when he was the senator. she's eager to return to washington where her two children and husband still live. she became known as a passionate crusader, sometimes with direct language not often heard in diplomacy. >> this is more than disappointing. it's pathetic. it's short sighted. >> let us see it for what it is,...
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money than president obama for the third month in a row. in july, he took in $26 million more, while the president's campaign is spending money as fast as it can raise it. nancy cordes is at the white house. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the obama campaign says it always expected to be out-raised by an energized republican party eager to take back the white house, but what this means in practical terms is that the president ends up having to spend more time fund-raising, like he did last night, just to try to keep pace. at a $500-a-plate fund-raiser in connecticut last night, president obama rolled out his newest attack line about governor romney's tax plan. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so that he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. [ laughter ] >> reporter: from there, the president headed to an even pricier fund-raiser at the connecticut home of movie mogul harvey weinstein, where entertainment l
money than president obama for the third month in a row. in july, he took in $26 million more, while the president's campaign is spending money as fast as it can raise it. nancy cordes is at the white house. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the obama campaign says it always expected to be out-raised by an energized republican party eager to take back the white house, but what this means in practical terms is that the president ends up having to spend more time...
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>> he brews his own beer at the white house. >> oh, no, no, no. >> yeah. he and, i guess the cabinet buddies get together -- >> ah hah! >> he's like a regular samuel adams, apparently brewing, smelling the hops. >> samuel adams was a founding father who made his own beer, and so is jim cook, founder and chairman of the boston beer company. in 1984, he started selling his samuel adams boston lagger in about 25 bars and restaurants. >> today his company produced 2 million barrels of sam adams a year. jim cook is with us this morning and joins us at the table. hello to you, jim cook. >> good morning. >> here you are, you go into harvard undergrad business and law because the family is thinking maybe you'll do something else, and he says, nope! i want to go into the family business. >> yeah, my dad was not really thrilled when i told him i was going to leave a good career, high-paying job, to go back into what my family had done for 150 years, which is, you know, make beer on a small scale. he thought that was about the dumbest thing i had ever thought of. >>
>> he brews his own beer at the white house. >> oh, no, no, no. >> yeah. he and, i guess the cabinet buddies get together -- >> ah hah! >> he's like a regular samuel adams, apparently brewing, smelling the hops. >> samuel adams was a founding father who made his own beer, and so is jim cook, founder and chairman of the boston beer company. in 1984, he started selling his samuel adams boston lagger in about 25 bars and restaurants. >> today his company...
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. >> it is crunch time in the race for the white house. president obama is in the mid-of a 40 hour coast to coast campaign marathon. >> no sleep. if you're not going sleep you might as well be in vegas. >> wildfire tearing through southern colorado has destroyed at least 14 homes. hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate as the flames spread fueled by winds nearing 80 miles per hour. >> a man has been arrested over last month's attack on the consulate. >> the obama administration is pushing back against critics. >> officials knew a terror group claimed responsibility on twitter and on facebook. >> posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence. >> pablo sandoval with a three homer game. >> giants win game one. >> the craze on social media. the monkey on run for three months is on custody. >> employees at a jackson, mississippi business had an unexpected visitor drop in. >> and all that matters. >> donald trump offering $5 million to obama's charity of choice if he releases his college and passport records. >> what's th
. >> it is crunch time in the race for the white house. president obama is in the mid-of a 40 hour coast to coast campaign marathon. >> no sleep. if you're not going sleep you might as well be in vegas. >> wildfire tearing through southern colorado has destroyed at least 14 homes. hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate as the flames spread fueled by winds nearing 80 miles per hour. >> a man has been arrested over last month's attack on the consulate. >> the...
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. >> reporter: the white house said president obama was informed in april. that raised questions about how. >> on the anniversary of bin laden's death officials said there were no credible threats against the united states as this plot was unfolding. sources told cbs news they had enough controls to ensure the attack would not go forward. >> that said i think one of the worries that officials had in this case and will have in any other case that emerges in the future is whether or not there are others like it that are on the horizon that we don't know about. >> let's talk about where this plot is coming from. this is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap, operating out of remote areas of yemen. this is the group that osama bin laden and al qaeda designated to take the lead in launching an attack against the u.s. and great britain targeting planes. this is their third plot targeting u.s. soil and there's every indication they intend to keep going. >> it's evident they have the top bombmaker involved in this and that they are developing more sophisticated
. >> reporter: the white house said president obama was informed in april. that raised questions about how. >> on the anniversary of bin laden's death officials said there were no credible threats against the united states as this plot was unfolding. sources told cbs news they had enough controls to ensure the attack would not go forward. >> that said i think one of the worries that officials had in this case and will have in any other case that emerges in the future is...
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now we want to turn to the race for the white house. the obama campaign is sending former president bill clinton to florida and other major battleground states in an effort to get out the democratic vote and bill plante is in miami where mr. clinton kicked off his tour. >> reporter: good morning. president obama dubbed president clinton the "secretary of explaining stuff" and the former president is out on the road in his first surrogate appearance for the obama campaign and he dived right into it. he told the crowd of over 2,000 at florida international university in miami that president obama was moving the economy in the right direction. >> so the test is not whether or not you think everything is honky dorey. >> reporter: students there too young to remember president's presidency. they cheered him as a rock star as he defends this administration's policies. >> if you're looking for the future i think the president's budget plan is better. makes the arithmetic test. i know the economic plan is better. and i know it will not amount t
now we want to turn to the race for the white house. the obama campaign is sending former president bill clinton to florida and other major battleground states in an effort to get out the democratic vote and bill plante is in miami where mr. clinton kicked off his tour. >> reporter: good morning. president obama dubbed president clinton the "secretary of explaining stuff" and the former president is out on the road in his first surrogate appearance for the obama campaign and he...
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we are standing by for a live statement from the white house by president obama. he will respond to the killings of the united states ambassador to libya and three of his staff members. they were killed as protesters attacked and burned the american consulate in benghazi, libya, last night. dozens of protesters attacked the u.s. embassy in egypt. >> ambassador to libya, chris stevens, is the first american aambassador to be killed in an attack since 1979. holly williams begins our coverage from turkey. >> reporter: we now have confirmation of the second diplomat killed in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. officials have named him as shawn smith, an information management officer. violence in libya and the angry protests outside the u.s. embassy in cairo, egypt, were both sparked by a video made in the u.s. it mocks the prophet moment. this was the scene at the consulate this morning, smoldering remains, scorched walls and a trampled american flag. the night before, armed men stormed the consulate with automatic weapons. some reports say they threw gren
we are standing by for a live statement from the white house by president obama. he will respond to the killings of the united states ambassador to libya and three of his staff members. they were killed as protesters attacked and burned the american consulate in benghazi, libya, last night. dozens of protesters attacked the u.s. embassy in egypt. >> ambassador to libya, chris stevens, is the first american aambassador to be killed in an attack since 1979. holly williams begins our...
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there is a lot to talk about after president obama's first white house news conference in eight months. it covered everything from the budget crisis to libya, to the david petraeus scandal. >> the president himself said that so much has happened lately people forget the election of just a week ago. nancy cordes covered the news conference. she's at the white house. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president came to the east room of the white house hoping to push his message on the fiscal cliff and he did but he also got pressed with a number of questions about his handling of foreign policy and national security and one question in particular got a rise out of him about his u.n. ambassador, susan rice. in his first full press conference since march president obama was asked about the criticism of u.n. ambassador susan rice. his likely choice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. >> besmerch her reputation is outrageous. >> reporter: rice has come under fire for stating that the september attack on an american consulate in libya appeared to be the result o
there is a lot to talk about after president obama's first white house news conference in eight months. it covered everything from the budget crisis to libya, to the david petraeus scandal. >> the president himself said that so much has happened lately people forget the election of just a week ago. nancy cordes covered the news conference. she's at the white house. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president came to the east room of the white house hoping to push...
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joining us with more, bill plante is at the white house this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. and good morning in the west. well, when the vice president seems to endorse gay marriage, he set off washington's talking heads. was it a deliberate signal to the gay community or just another unscripted moment by joe biden being joe biden? on tuesday the vice president addressed his tendency to say whatever is on his mind. >> no one has ever doubted i mean what i say. the problem is i sometimes say all that i mean. >> reporter: in that speech to a conference of rabbis in atlanta, biden also demonstrated where he can be an effective spokesman for the obama administration. >> i hope by now no one doubts the president is willing to use power. the president is smart. >> reporter: the vice president's latest off the cuff moment showed that he can also be a liability, which is not news to the white house. he can be exuberant as when the president's health care bill finally passed congress. he can be careless as when he joked about chie
joining us with more, bill plante is at the white house this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. and good morning in the west. well, when the vice president seems to endorse gay marriage, he set off washington's talking heads. was it a deliberate signal to the gay community or just another unscripted moment by joe biden being joe biden? on tuesday the vice president addressed his tendency to say whatever is on his mind. >> no one has ever doubted i mean...